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Pierrot (company)
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Pierrot Co. Ltd. is a Japanese animation studio, founded in 1979 by former employees of Tatsunoko Production and Mushi Production. Its headquarters is located in Mitaka, Tokyo, studio Pierrot is renowned for several worldwide popular anime series, such as Naruto, Bleach, Yu Yu Hakusho, Tokyo Ghoul, Beelzebub, Great Teacher Onizuka and several others. The company has a logo of the face of a clown. Piero is a Japanese loanword for clown, adopted from the character of Pierrot. Yu Yu Hakusho and Saiyuki, two of the anime series, won the Animage Anime Grand Prix Award in 1994 and 1995. Note, This may not be a complete list, Great Teacher Onizuka Breaker 2000 Rerere no Tensai Bakabon OH. Super Milk-chan Gensomaden Saiyuki Ayashi no Ceres Gakko no Kaidan Super GALS, Tokyo Ghoul Tokyo Ghoul √A Akatsuki no Yona, Yona of the Dawn Re-Kan. Bari Bari Densetsu Magical Emi, the Magic Star, Semishigure Laughing Target Lily C. A. T, persia, the Magic Fairy, Merry-go-Round Salamander Kimagure Orange Road, I Want to Return to That Day Fashion La La, Story of the Harbor Light Baoh Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai. MAROKO Like the Clouds, Like the Wind The Abashiri Family Here Is Greenwood Eternal Filena Yu Yu Hakusho Kyō Kara Ore Wa
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Australasia
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Australasia, a region of Oceania, comprises Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. Charles de Brosses coined the term in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes and he derived it from the Latin for south of Asia and differentiated the area from Polynesia and the southeast Pacific. The bulk of Australasia sits on the Indo-Australian Plate, together with India, physiographically, Australasia includes New Zealand, Australia, and Melanesia, New Guinea and neighbouring islands north and east of Australia in the Pacific Ocean. The designation is applied to all the lands and islands of the Pacific Ocean lying between the equator and latitude 47° south. Most of Australasia lies on the portion of the Indo-Australian Plate, flanked by the Indian Ocean to the west. Sometimes the term encompasses the island of New Guinea. Many organisations whose names include the prefix Australasian Society of, limit their scope of operation to just Australia and New Zealand. In the past, Australasia has been used as a name for combined Australia/New Zealand sporting teams, examples include tennis between 1905 and 1915, when New Zealand and Australia combined to compete in the Davis Cup international tournament, and at the Olympic Games of 1908 and 1912. From an ecological perspective the Australasia ecozone forms a region with a common geologic and evolutionary history. In this context, Australasia is limited to Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, New Caledonia, the Wallace Line marks the biological divide from the Indomalaya ecozone of tropical Asia – Borneo and Bali lie on the western, Asian side. These three land masses have been separated from other continents, and from one another, for millions of years, all of Australasia shares the Antarctic flora, although the northern, tropical islands also share many plants with Southeast Asia. Mainland Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania are separated from one another by shallow continental shelves and they share a similar fauna which includes marsupial and monotreme mammals and ratite birds. Eucalypts are the predominant trees in much of Australia and New Guinea, New Zealand has no extant native land mammals aside from bats, but also had ratite birds, including the kiwi and the extinct moa. Media related to Australasia at Wikimedia Commons
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Madman Entertainment
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Madman Entertainment is an Australian company that distributes Australian and foreign films as well as Japanese anime and manga in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. Madman is one of the entertainment companies in Australia. It employs approx 100 people and has a turnover of around A$50 million. Its headquarters is in Richmond, Victoria, Madman has secured the local release rights to popular titles including Sailor Moon, One Piece, Dragon Ball, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Akira, Steins, Gate and almost all of Studio Ghiblis catalogue. In addition to DVD sales, Madman manages the theatrical release of some of their titles, according to market research, Madman accounts for 97% of the total anime home media market in Australia. Later on in 1997, Madman started to distribute anime from ADV Films along with Siren Entertainment, in 2001 Madman Entertainment bought Sirens distribution equipment and established The AV Channel, allowing Madman to distribute their own titles. As of 2008, only some of Manga Entertainment Australias titles from the 1990s have been distributed by Madman, some of their DVD releases have been jointly mastered with Britains MVM Films or Revelation Films to save costs, and are therefore dual-region. A few DVD titles from Madman, such as the Oh My Goddess, oVAs, are all-region or multi-region DVDs in the NTSC format, imported from the US and repackaged for sale in Australia and New Zealand. Madman & Manga UK also work together on PAL DVD & Region B Blu-ray masters and video transfers, a growing selection of manga titles translated by Tokyopop in the United States and Chuang Yi in Singapore are being imported and distributed through Madman Entertainment. In February 2008, Madman announced that they would also be distributing manga titles from Viz Media, Madman currently distributes manga from Viz Media, Dark Horse Comics, Tokyopop, and recently from Yen Press with the 2012 release of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Madman launched in 1996 solely as a distribution company, but has since expanded. Madman also has a distribution arm called Madman Cinema. In addition, the company distributes original series produced by Australias Special Broadcasting Service on DVD, at the 2008 Supanova Pop Culture Expo, Madman announced plans to explore new distribution methods. The company now offers streaming of selected anime episodes, beginning with the first episode of School Rumble. Madman now has a sub-page, Madman Scereening Room, dedicated to video streaming, Madman has also begun releasing Blu-ray Disc titles, starting with The Transformers, The Movie in June 2009. On 1 June 2009, Madman Entertainment released an English adaption of Tamagotchi, The Movie, Madman also intended to dub the films sequel, Tamagotchi, Happiest Story in the Universe. But the dub was cancelled for unknown reasons, in April 2008, the company announced a collaboration with British company Warp Films. Warp and Madman plan to make at least two films together over the three years, starting with Tyrannosaur
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Northern America
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Northern America is the northernmost subcontinent of North America. It lies directly north of the region of Middle America, consisting of Mexico, the Caribbean, the land border between the two regions coincides with the border between the United States and Mexico. Geopolitically, according to the scheme of geographic regions and subregions, Northern America consists of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, maps using the term Northern America date back to 1755, when the region was occupied by France, Great Britain, and Spain. The Solemn Act of the Declaration of Independence of Northern America in 1813 applied to Mexico, Central America Middle America Americas Anglo-America
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Viz Media
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VIZ Media LLC is a Japanese-American manga, anime, and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC, in 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is jointly owned by Japanese publishers Shueisha, Shogakukan, and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions. Seiji Horibuchi, originally from Tokushima Prefecture in Shikoku, moved to California in 1975, after living in the mountains for almost two years, he moved to San Francisco, where he started a business exporting American cultural items to Japan, and became a writer of cultural information. His idea came to fruition after he met Masahiro Ohga, then managing director of Shogakukan, in 1985, Shogakukan provided Horibuchi with $200,000 in startup capital, which Horibuichi used in 1986 to found VIZ Communications. VIZ Communications released its first titles in 1987, which included Legend of Kamui, to counteract this problem, VIZ expanded into the general publishing business and began publishing various art related books in 1992. Into these titles, Horibuchi began publishing manga, calling them graphic novels so they would be carried by mainstream bookstores, the plan worked and after several years, leading booksellers began to have dedicated shelves for manga titles. Sales also picked up when VIZ Communications acquired the license for the comedy series Ranma ½, the company continued to see success when it expanded into the anime distribution market, began publishing Shonen Jump, an English adaptation of the popular Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. It also acquired another huge selling title, InuYasha, in the late 1990s, VIZ began making the push to move into the European and South American markets. When Shueisha became a joint owner of Viz Media in 2002, Shueisha also permitted Seven Seas Entertainment to license Hayate X Blade, and permitted Tokyopop to license Kodocha, Marmalade Boy and Digimon Next. In March 2010, Shogakukan began a partnership with Fantagraphics Books to issue a line of manga to be edited by Matt Thorn, in 2003, possibly in response to Shogakukan and Shueishas co-ownership of VIZ, Japanese publisher Kodansha formed a co-venture with Del Rey. In 2004, VIZ Communications was merged with ShoPro Entertainment, funding company Shogakukans American distribution division, Horibuchi became the new companys chairman. In 2005, Horibuchi started a division, Viz Pictures, for releasing selected live-action films in the US to theaters. On December 17,2008, Viz Media announced that starting on April 1,2009, Viz President and CEO Hidemi Fukuhara stated that he believes the partnership will help the company grow its anime holdings more effectively. On February 20,2009, Viz Media laid off a number of employees in order to help be more streamlined to face the current economic climate. On May 11,2010, VIZ Media again laid off a number of workers,60 this time and this time they released a press release claiming that none of their current product lines would be affected. In contrast to similar TV and film ratings, Viz also has set up certain manga ratings for their products based on their content, a, Suitable for readers of all ages. Such titles may contain little or no objectionable content, some, however, may contain mild language and fantasy violence but no swearing or nudity. May be suitable for early teens and older, such titles may contain violence, blood, use of strong language, suggestive themes or situations, crude humor, alcohol and/tobacco use, which some people may find inappropriate
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United Kingdom
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland, with an area of 242,500 square kilometres, the United Kingdom is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe. It is also the 21st-most populous country, with an estimated 65.1 million inhabitants, together, this makes it the fourth-most densely populated country in the European Union. The United Kingdom is a monarchy with a parliamentary system of governance. The monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned since 6 February 1952, other major urban areas in the United Kingdom include the regions of Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester. The United Kingdom consists of four countries—England, Scotland, Wales, the last three have devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in their capitals, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, respectively. The relationships among the countries of the UK have changed over time, Wales was annexed by the Kingdom of England under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. A treaty between England and Scotland resulted in 1707 in a unified Kingdom of Great Britain, which merged in 1801 with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922, leaving the present formulation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, there are fourteen British Overseas Territories. These are the remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in the 1920s, British influence can be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former colonies. The United Kingdom is a country and has the worlds fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP. The UK is considered to have an economy and is categorised as very high in the Human Development Index. It was the worlds first industrialised country and the worlds foremost power during the 19th, the UK remains a great power with considerable economic, cultural, military, scientific and political influence internationally. It is a nuclear weapons state and its military expenditure ranks fourth or fifth in the world. The UK has been a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council since its first session in 1946 and it has been a leading member state of the EU and its predecessor, the European Economic Community, since 1973. However, on 23 June 2016, a referendum on the UKs membership of the EU resulted in a decision to leave. The Acts of Union 1800 united the Kingdom of Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have devolved self-government
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Manga Entertainment
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Manga Entertainment is a producer, licensee, and distributor of Japanese animation in the United States and United Kingdom, owned by Lions Gate Entertainment. It was established in 1991 by Andy Frain, who was the Managing Director of Island World Communications and it has also played a part in dubbing anime, when it is not sub-licensing a production that has already been licensed by another company. It is also the home video distributor for the Pokémon franchise in the UK. Manga Entertainment, especially Manga UK, has had a relationship with Madman Entertainment since Madmans founding in 1996. Manga is credited by many as the force behind turning Anime into mainstream entertainment in Australia during the 1990s. Mangas latest DVD & Blu-ray masters are encoded and provided by Madman Entertainment because of Madmans extremely large, Manga Entertainment expanded into Australia in late 1993 when Mangas main headquarters were still based in London. Although initially Mangas titles were to be released in Australia by PolyGram who owned Island and Manga, in late 1996, Manga Entertainment UK gave the sub-distribution license to the newly founded Madman Entertainment who in turn were distributed by Siren. This meant that both Siren and Madman has equal rights to Mangas properties, in 1997, PolyGram Australia gained the rights to some of Mangas more recent additions to its catalogue. This included Lupin the 3rd properties except The Castle of Cagliostro, Violence Jack, Evil Town was banned in Australia even when PolyGram submitted the UK cut to the Australian Government for classification. PolyGram already had the UK cut of Evil Town in circulation despite its banning, in late 1996, Madman Entertainment was founded by former employees of Siren. They were given exclusive rights to Manga UKs catalogue, including Part 4 of Macross Plus. Despite this, Madman did not take on some titles, e. g. RG Veda and Shadow Skill and this property was taken over by Madman in 1999. In this same time period Manga Entertainment had licensed Voltron exclusively for the Australian market and was released by Siren instead of Polygram Australia, in 2001, Siren Entertainment restructured itself and split the company into 2 separate entities, Siren Visual and The AV Channel. Madmans founders who were employees of the company and owned shares of Siren decided to take The AV Channel. Both companies funded and co-produced the PAL region dub of Ghost in the Shell 2, Innocence and co-produce DVDs, Madman provides Manga UK with PAL DVD and some Blu-ray masters due to Madmans larger and more sophisticated authoring division. Manga and Madman co-license properties such as the Rebuild of Evangelion movies, Full Metal Alchemist, in January 2007, the companys United Kingdom division began releasing a fortnightly magazine aimed at promoting both the company itself through the use of some of its more revered titles. Issue one, for example, used Ghost in the Shell, the magazine had published 102 issues. The company has a website for the UK division, as well as an online shop
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TV Tokyo
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TV Tokyo Corporation TYO,9413 is a television station headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as Teleto, a blend of terebi and Tokyo and it is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime. The station is owned by Nihon Keizai Shimbun. TV Tokyo was established by the Japan Science Promotion Foundation in 1951, a limited liability company, Tokyo Channel 12 Production, was formed for the channel on July 1,1968. In October 1973, the name was shortened to Tokyo Channel 12, a month later, it became a general purpose TV station along with Japan Educational Television. In 1981, it was renamed, this time to Television Tokyo Channel 12. In 1983, TV Tokyo formed the Mega TON Network with TV Osaka, the company shifted its head offices from Shiba Park to Toranomon in December 1985. On June 25,2004, the company assumed its current English name of TV Tokyo Corporation, on November 7,2016, TV Tokyo moved its headquarters to new building at Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower from its old studios in Toranomon. Call sign, JOTX-DTV Remote controller ID7 Tokyo Skytree, Channel 23 Analog Transmission ceased on 24 July 2011, （ハケンOLは見た. ） Little Tokyo Live every Wednesday, around midnight Ii-tabi Yume-Kibun （いい旅・夢気分） Drive a GO. Saturday Special Stay at the countryside, （田舎に泊まろう. ） Japan Countdown Enka no Hanamichi （演歌の花道） Yan-yan Music studio （ヤンヤン歌うスタジオ） Drama 24 Yukemuri Sniper Uramiya Honpo URAKARA Majisuka Gakuen Y. Brave and Devils Castle （勇者ヨシヒコと魔王の城） Theater Gold 24 TWENTY FOUR Season 5 Sunday Big Valiety Monday Premiere
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Australia
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Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the worlds sixth-largest country by total area, the neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east, and New Zealand to the south-east. Australias capital is Canberra, and its largest urban area is Sydney, for about 50,000 years before the first British settlement in the late 18th century, Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians, who spoke languages classifiable into roughly 250 groups. The population grew steadily in subsequent decades, and by the 1850s most of the continent had been explored, on 1 January 1901, the six colonies federated, forming the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia has since maintained a liberal democratic political system that functions as a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy comprising six states. The population of 24 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard, Australia has the worlds 13th-largest economy and ninth-highest per capita income. With the second-highest human development index globally, the country highly in quality of life, health, education, economic freedom. The name Australia is derived from the Latin Terra Australis a name used for putative lands in the southern hemisphere since ancient times, the Dutch adjectival form Australische was used in a Dutch book in Batavia in 1638, to refer to the newly discovered lands to the south. On 12 December 1817, Macquarie recommended to the Colonial Office that it be formally adopted, in 1824, the Admiralty agreed that the continent should be known officially as Australia. The first official published use of the term Australia came with the 1830 publication of The Australia Directory and these first inhabitants may have been ancestors of modern Indigenous Australians. The Torres Strait Islanders, ethnically Melanesian, were originally horticulturists, the northern coasts and waters of Australia were visited sporadically by fishermen from Maritime Southeast Asia. The first recorded European sighting of the Australian mainland, and the first recorded European landfall on the Australian continent, are attributed to the Dutch. The first ship and crew to chart the Australian coast and meet with Aboriginal people was the Duyfken captained by Dutch navigator, Willem Janszoon. He sighted the coast of Cape York Peninsula in early 1606, the Dutch charted the whole of the western and northern coastlines and named the island continent New Holland during the 17th century, but made no attempt at settlement. William Dampier, an English explorer and privateer, landed on the north-west coast of New Holland in 1688, in 1770, James Cook sailed along and mapped the east coast, which he named New South Wales and claimed for Great Britain. The first settlement led to the foundation of Sydney, and the exploration, a British settlement was established in Van Diemens Land, now known as Tasmania, in 1803, and it became a separate colony in 1825. The United Kingdom formally claimed the part of Western Australia in 1828. Separate colonies were carved from parts of New South Wales, South Australia in 1836, Victoria in 1851, the Northern Territory was founded in 1911 when it was excised from South Australia
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Special Broadcasting Service
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The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio, online, and television network. SBS operates four TV channels and five radio networks, SBS Online is home to SBS On Demand video streaming service. SBS is one of five main networks in Australia. These started broadcasting in June 1975, with pre-recorded messages in seven and eight foreign languages, the following year, the Federal Government formed the Consultative Committee on Ethnic Broadcasting. Following the recommendation of this and subsequent committees, the Broadcasting and this legislation came into force on 1 January 1978, with the new broadcaster taking responsibility for 2EA and 3EA. SBS TV began test transmissions in April 1979 when it showed various foreign language programs on ABV-2 Melbourne, full-time transmission began at 6,30 p. m. on 24 October 1980, as Channel 0/28. The first program shown was a documentary entitled Who Are We. which was hosted by veteran news man Peter Luck, at the time, SBS was broadcasting on UHF Channel 28 and VHF Channel 0, with a planned discontinuation of the latter at some time in the future. Bruce Gyngell, who introduced television to Australia back in 1956, was given the task of introducing the first batch of programs on the new station. On 14 October 1983, the service expanded into Canberra, Cooma and its new slogan was the long-running Bringing the World Back Home. The network changed its name to SBS on 18 February 1985, SBS expanded to Brisbane, Adelaide, Newcastle, Wollongong, and the Gold Coast in June of that year. On 5 January 1986, SBS ceased broadcasting on the VHF channel 0 frequency, in August 1986, the government proposed legislation that would merge SBS into the ABC. This was highly unpopular with ethnic-minority communities, leading Prime Minister Bob Hawke to announce in 1987 that the amalgamation would not proceed. The SBS Radio and Television Youth Orchestra was launched in 1988 with founding conductor Matthew Krel, plans to introduce limited commercial-program sponsorship, and the establishment of SBS as an independent corporation with its own Charter, were put in place in July 1989. Eat Carpet, showcasing local and international films, was also launched in 1989. The proclamation of the Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991 officially made SBS a corporation in 1991, throughout the early 1990s, SBS TV coverage was expanded further to include new areas such as the Latrobe Valley, Spencer Gulf, Darwin, northeast Tasmania, Cairns and Townsville. In 1992, SBSs radio and television facilities were moved to new headquarters in Artarmon, New South Wales, from their original studios at Bondi Junction. The new building was opened on the 10 November 1993 by Prime Minister Paul Keating. A national radio network was launched in January 1994, the new service initially covered Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin, while original stations 2EA and 3EA were renamed Radio Sydney and Radio Melbourne, respectively
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Adult Swim (Australia)
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Adult Swim in Australia is an adult-oriented free-to-air television block that airs Sunday nights on 9Go. It was originally a network that shared channel space with The Comedy Channel. Some Adult Swim shows have aired on SBS2, and in October 2013 full episodes and short clips were made available on Adult Swims Australian website. Adult Swim was first started on Cartoon Network Australia before it was taken down late 2007 without any reasoning behind it, the block is no longer shown on Cartoon Network, but the comedy shows are now airing on The Comedy Channel on 11 March 2008. The block returned with Robot Chicken and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, in March 2008, the Boondocks also airs on the same channel although it is not under the Adult Swim banner and instead airs separately. Moral Orel has premiered on Australian television, titan Maximum also premiered on 6 January 2010. Frisky Dingo has joined the Comedy Channels Animania line-up as of 21 July 2010, tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job premiered on 26 January 2011 along with Childrens Hospital which unlike the American broadcast, aired completely uncensored with profanity intact. Most of the shows have not returned to television, however. The block features Ghost in the Shell, Stand Alone Complex, Bleach, Air Gear, InuYasha, Cowboy Bebop, mouse, Xavier Renegade Angel and Superjail. The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters has also been released to DVD. In October 2013, Turner Broadcasting in partnership with MCM Media, the initial offering includes a library of 1500 Adult Swim videos including full episodes and short clips. In June 2016, The Nine Network and Turner Broadcasting System signed a 2 year deal to broadcast Adult Swim programs on 9Go, every Sunday night, with repeats the following Saturday night. Starting September 1,2016, Rick and Morty will air on Thursday nights, Adult Swim does not currently air in New Zealand. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Rick, tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job
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Canada
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Canada is a country in the northern half of North America. Canadas border with the United States is the worlds longest binational land border, the majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its territory being dominated by forest and tundra. It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, One third of the population lives in the three largest cities, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Its capital is Ottawa, and other urban areas include Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg. Various aboriginal peoples had inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Pursuant to the British North America Act, on July 1,1867, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick and this began an accretion of provinces and territories to the mostly self-governing Dominion to the present ten provinces and three territories forming modern Canada. With the Constitution Act 1982, Canada took over authority, removing the last remaining ties of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state. The country is officially bilingual at the federal level and it is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. Its advanced economy is the eleventh largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources, Canadas long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture. Canada is a country and has the tenth highest nominal per capita income globally as well as the ninth highest ranking in the Human Development Index. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, Canada is an influential nation in the world, primarily due to its inclusive values, years of prosperity and stability, stable economy, and efficient military. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the origins of Canada. In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier to the village of Stadacona, from the 16th to the early 18th century Canada referred to the part of New France that lay along the St. Lawrence River. In 1791, the area became two British colonies called Upper Canada and Lower Canada collectively named The Canadas, until their union as the British Province of Canada in 1841. Upon Confederation in 1867, Canada was adopted as the name for the new country at the London Conference. The transition away from the use of Dominion was formally reflected in 1982 with the passage of the Canada Act, later that year, the name of national holiday was changed from Dominion Day to Canada Day
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YTV (TV channel)
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YTV is a Canadian English-language Category A cable and satellite television specialty channel that is owned by Corus Entertainment. Its programming consists of original live-action and animated series, movies. YTV operates two time-shifted feeds, running on both Eastern and Pacific Time Zone schedules and it is available in over 11 million Canadian households as of 2013. The channel was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in 1987, the two largest shareholders in YTV were two cable companies, Rogers Cable and CUC Broadcasting, which was later acquired by Shaw Communications. By 1995, through acquisitions and trades, Shaw had secured full control of YTV. The channel continues to be owned by YTV Canada, now owned by Corus Entertainment under its Corus Kids division. In 1998, YTV began to use a Nickelodeon-style gross-out factor in its branding, with much less slime, over the years, YTV used a number of different on-air logos, featuring the same arrangement of white letters on various bizarre and imaginative creatures. The logo used on production credits, and presumably the official logo, the channels advertisements often focused on promoting the brand through crude humour. The YTV Oneworld license was used to launch Nickelodeon Canada, in the fall of 2005, a new post-6,00 p. m. advertising style was developed for older audiences, which used a much simpler logo and sleeker packaging with barely any gross-out tactics. In the spring of 2006, the logo first appeared on YTVs promos. In 2007, this look was adopted for the entire channel, in September 2009, the logo was changed slightly, it featured new colours, and the background was simplified. Variations to the bumpers were reduced, instead, there are large, opaque digital on-screen graphics telling viewers which programs are coming next, and promotions of the programs. In September 2012, the logo was changed aesthetically, in 2013, after Corus Entertainment completed their acquisition of the TELETOON Canada Inc. networks, YTV began airing reruns of select Teletoon programming, including original and acquired series. In turn, the anime series, such as Pokemon. Franchise, along both the second season of Oh No. Its An Alien Invasion and Power Rangers, began airing on Teletoon, on October 6,2014, the channel underwent a brand refresh, with new graphics and bumps created by Eloisa Iturbe Studio. In addition, the channel updated its logo by having it face upwards to the left instead of directly to the audience, in its early years, YTV filled its schedule with relatively old and obscure acquired programs. Programs such as Are You Being Served, keeping Up Appearances, and Yes Minister were broadcast in late-night time slots, and aired free of time and content edits
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Neon Alley
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Neon Alley was an American digital anime service run by Viz Media. The service began as a 24-hour web channel dedicated to showing English dubbed anime series in uncut and it later evolved into a Hulu-based streaming site, showcasing both dubbed and subtitled releases. Neon Alleys programming was streamed through Hulu, which is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac, and other platforms. Neon Alley was first announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2012 on July 13,2012, the service launched on October 2,2012. Along with various series such as Naruto and Death Note, the channel premiered newly dubbed series, as well as live-action, the service was later made available for Xbox 360 via Xbox Live from February 12,2013. At Anime Expo 2013, Viz announced that the service would be available on PC and Mac and it was announced on February 11,2014 that Neon Alley would discontinue its web channel format and transition to become a free on-demand service for those living in the United States. The change took effect on April 1,2014, following the relaunch, as a direct result of migrating to Hulu, viewers living in Canada lost access to the website. After Viz. com was relaunched in Spring 2016, the Neon Alley name was dropped, by that point, its blog and social media accounts havent been updated since 2015. On July 21,2016, Tubi TV announced that they had commenced streaming of certain Viz titles in Canada, official website Neon Alley at Anime News Networks encyclopedia
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Philippines
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The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. The Philippines has an area of 300,000 square kilometers, and it is the eighth-most populated country in Asia and the 12th most populated country in the world. As of 2013, approximately 10 million additional Filipinos lived overseas, multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands. In prehistoric times, Negritos were some of the archipelagos earliest inhabitants and they were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples. Exchanges with Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Islamic nations occurred, then, various competing maritime states were established under the rule of Datus, Rajahs, Sultans or Lakans. The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan in Homonhon, Eastern Samar in 1521 marked the beginning of Hispanic colonization, in 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain. With the arrival of Miguel López de Legazpi from Mexico City, in 1565, the Philippines became part of the Spanish Empire for more than 300 years. This resulted in Roman Catholicism becoming the dominant religion, during this time, Manila became the western hub of the trans-Pacific trade connecting Asia with Acapulco in the Americas using Manila galleons. Aside from the period of Japanese occupation, the United States retained sovereignty over the islands until after World War II, since then, the Philippines has often had a tumultuous experience with democracy, which included the overthrow of a dictatorship by a non-violent revolution. It is a member of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. It also hosts the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank, the Philippines was named in honor of King Philip II of Spain. Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos, during his expedition in 1542, named the islands of Leyte, eventually the name Las Islas Filipinas would be used to cover all the islands of the archipelago. Before that became commonplace, other such as Islas del Poniente. The official name of the Philippines has changed several times in the course of its history, during the Philippine Revolution, the Malolos Congress proclaimed the establishment of the República Filipina or the Philippine Republic. From the 1898 Treaty of Paris, the name Philippines began to appear, since the end of World War II, the official name of the country has been the Republic of the Philippines. The metatarsal of the Callao Man, reliably dated by uranium-series dating to 67,000 years ago is the oldest human remnant found in the archipelago to date and this distinction previously belonged to the Tabon Man of Palawan, carbon-dated to around 26,500 years ago. Negritos were also among the archipelagos earliest inhabitants, but their first settlement in the Philippines has not been reliably dated, there are several opposing theories regarding the origins of ancient Filipinos
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DZBB-TV
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DZBB-TV, channel 7, is the flagship VHF television station of GMA Network in the Philippines. Its studios are located at the GMA Network Center, at the corner of Timog Avenue and its transmitter station is located at GMA Compound, Tandang Sora Avenue, Barangay Culiat, in Quezon City. DZBB-TV traces its history to Metro Manila radio station DZBB, owned by Loreto F. de Hemedes, Inc. later renamed Republic Broadcasting System, after the success of its radio station, the company ventured into television. The station was always in the red and Stewart was about to give up when the program Dancetime with Chito became a big hit, canned programs from the United States further sustained its success. The new management acquired new equipment and introduced new programs, a new name, GMA Radio-Television Arts, when democracy in the Philippines was restored in the People Power Revolution in 1986, other television stations began to air, some with their original owners. The political instability of the country added to the stations burden. On November 7,1988, DZBB officially inaugurated a new 100,000 watt transmitter in Quezon City. Known as the Tower of Power, the 777 ft transmitter helped improve the reception in Luzon. UHF Channel 27 GMA Turns Gold, archived from the original on 2005-09-08. GMA Network GMA News TV List of GMA Network stations Barangay LS97.1 Super Radyo DZBB594
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Southeast Asia
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Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies near the intersection of geological plates, with seismic and volcanic activity. Southeast Asia consists of two regions, Mainland Southeast Asia, also known historically as Indochina, comprising Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar. Maritime Southeast Asia, comprising Indonesia, East Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, East Timor, Brunei, Cocos Islands, definitions of Southeast Asia vary, but most definitions include the area represented by the countries listed below. All of the states are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the area, together with part of South Asia, was widely known as the East Indies or simply the Indies until the 20th century. Sovereignty issues exist over some territories in the South China Sea, Papua New Guinea has stated that it might join ASEAN, and is currently an observer. Southeast Asia is geographically divided into two subregions, namely Mainland Southeast Asia and Maritime Southeast Asia, Mainland Southeast Asia includes, Maritime Southeast Asia includes, The Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India are geographically considered part of Southeast Asia. Eastern Bangladesh and the Seven Sister States of India are culturally part of Southeast Asia, the eastern half of Indonesia and East Timor are considered to be biogeographically part of Oceania. Homo sapiens reached the region by around 45,000 years ago, homo floresiensis also lived in the area up until 12,000 years ago, when they became extinct. Austronesian people, who form the majority of the population in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, East Timor. Solheim and others have shown evidence for a Nusantao maritime trading network ranging from Vietnam to the rest of the archipelago as early as 5000 BC to 1 AD. The peoples of Southeast Asia, especially those of Austronesian descent, have been seafarers for thousands of years and their vessels, such as the vinta, were ocean-worthy. Magellans voyage records how much more manoeuvrable their vessels were, as compared to the European ships, Passage through the Indian Ocean aided the colonisation of Madagascar by the Austronesian people, as well as commerce between West Asia and Southeast Asia. Gold from Sumatra is thought to have reached as far west as Rome and this was later replaced by Hinduism. Theravada Buddhism soon followed in 525, in the 15th century, Islamic influences began to enter. This forced the last Hindu court in Indonesia to retreat to Bali, in Mainland Southeast Asia, Burma, Cambodia and Thailand retained the Theravada form of Buddhism, brought to them from Sri Lanka. This type of Buddhism was fused with the Hindu-influenced Khmer culture, very little is known about Southeast Asian religious beliefs and practices before the advent of Indian merchants and religious influences from the 2nd century BCE onwards. Prior to the 13th century CE, Hinduism and Buddhism were the religions in Southeast Asia
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Animax (Southeast Asia)
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It is operated by Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia, a television operator unit of Japanese media conglomerate, Sony. Animax is the first channel in Asia fully dedicated to broadcasting anime 24 hours a day and it was initially launched in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia in January 2004, and was launched in several other countries soon after. The company has reached over 66 million viewers spanning 15 markets throughout Asia, since 2013, the network is unavailable in Vietnam due to government content restrictions. Animax Asia first launched in Taiwan on 1 January 2004, and it broadcasts a variety of anime programming, from old to modern television series. Animax also airs anime series premiered in Taiwan and Hong Kong prior to their release in Southeast Asian networks, some of them are Death Note, Blood+, Trinity Blood. After the TV premiere of Gurren Lagann, Animaxs TV ratings recorded an increase and moved 80% more TRP than its closest competitor. It also later incorporated an English audio dub feed, on 31 August 2006, Animax launched in Malaysia, in the Southeast Asian English language feed and also in Japanese audio feed with subtitles in the local languages. Prior to this, selected Animax shows were shown on astro@15, were some of the network early airing in Southeast Asia. Animax began its operations in Philippines from January 2004 and it is a joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Asian Cable Communications inc. Its broadcast was distinct from the Southeast Asia feed, and shared the same schedule as the SEA feed but featured local advertisements. Later in November 2014, the schedule was revised to air Valvrave at 11PM every Monday - Wednesday and it utilizes the same programming feed as Animax Asia, in addition to that it also houses a two- to four-hour block of unique programming. It has occasionally aired localized programs such as Mad Mad Fun and its simulcasts, former inclusion of Korean programs in its roster, and acquisition of fresh titles like Accel World. Animax Philippines was reverted into its Southeast Asian feed since mid-2015, Animax on Cignal Digital TV will be moved to Channel 73 beginning December 19,2016. Animax began operations across India from 5 July 2004, on 1 January 2008, Animax India merged with Animax Asias programming feed. The channel is broadcast and operated from Singapore by Animax Asia, the channel is broadcast across South Asia and has a time shift version in Pakistan with local advertisements. Animax has also broadcast English dubs on its English-language networks the series produced by enterprises, such as Bandai Entertainment, The Ocean Group. Entertainment, Geneon Entertainment, Funimation Entertainment, VIZ Media, Central Park Media, some of the other enterprises series aired by Animax are, Cowboy Bebop, Witch Hunter Robin, Mobile Suit Gundam, Brain Powerd, Please Teacher. Galaxy Angel, Arjuna, Jubei-chan, Tsukikage Ran, Angel Tales, Saber Marionette, Appleseed, Alien 9, Animax Animax List of programs broadcast by Animax Animax Pakistan Official website Animax Asia at Anime News Networks encyclopedia
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Cartoon Network (Southeast Asia)
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Cartoon Network, is a cable and satellite television channel that primarily broadcasts animated programmes. m. to 9,00 p. m. with Turner Classic Movies taking the remainder of the daily schedule. On 1 July 2001, Cartoon Network Australia became a separate 24-hour channel and it originally aired only Hanna-Barbera cartoons. In 1996, MGM shows started airing and in 1997, Warner Bros. shows started airing, also in 1997 the channel began airing original productions. On 22 August 1999, Cartoon Network introduced a new rebrand, introducing new bumpers, new original productions, in 2000 other non-original shows were introduced. Also, throughout the early 2000s, Cartoon Network started airing several more original productions, in 2001, a block called Cartoon Cartoons was introduced. Cartoon Network also introduced other programming blocks including Toonami, Acme Hour, Prime Time, in 2003 and 2004, more programming blocks were added. Early in 2004, the Boomerang network launched as part of the new Foxtel digital package, many of the older cartoons migrated to the new channel. In addition, Cartoon Network for a period would show segments of kids getting prizes during the holidays. Cartoon Network had, up until mid-2004, been tied with the Disney Channel as Asias most popular family network. The removal of older 1950s-1980s Hanna-Barbera programming from the network during this period led to a fall in average audience share during 2004 as fans of older cartoons moved to Boomerang. On 1 October 2005, the bumpers were replaced with 3-D animation promotions that were set in a fictional location called CN City. A well known scene from a show was sometimes the theme, the Cartoon Cartoons moniker was dropped in 2006. On 31 August 2008 the bumpers and ads were updated, Cartoon Network Theatre was renamed Cartoon Network Popcorn. On 1 October 2011, during The Amazing World of Gumball premiere, the channel introduced a new branding, logo, in 2013, the US CN bumpers and the Asia bumpers were refreshed. Most of CN SEAs programmes are taken from the original Cartoon Network channel in the US, Cartoon Network Popcorn is a weekend feature of the channel that premieres movies such as CN SEA specials and general presentations. Barbie Movie LEGO Batman, Be-Leaguered Scooby-Doo Tom and Jerry A separate TV channel and it was replaced with Toonami, Toonami is also operated and distributed by Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific. However, since January 1,2015, Boomerang has replaced the Cartoonito Asian feed, in January 2003, CN SEA was launched in South Korea after the cancellation of a Cartoon Network block on Tooniverse. However, the channel is unable to insert Korean audio tracks into shows because non-South Korean channels are legally prohibited from doing so
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Nickelodeon (Southeast Asia)
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Nickelodeon is a 24-hour childrens channel that broadcasts in Southeast Asia. It also used to broadcast in New Zealand until that country got its own channel, the channel was launched in the Philippines on 5 November 1998 as a 24-hour English-language channel. Then, the network expanded into Indonesia, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka via pan-regional feed broadcast from Singapore since 1999, in January 2000, the channel began broadcasting in New Zealand, which lasted there until August 2006, when an independent feed of the channel was launched. Nickelodeon began transmissions in Singapore on 9 March 2001 via Starhub TV, on 11 October 2006, Viacoms subsidiary MTV Networks Asia Pacific set up a new unit to manage Nickelodeon South East Asia TV based in Singapore. On 15 March 2010 it got a new logo and new programs from the United States, on 1 April 2011 a separate channel for the Philippines was launched. On 11 April 2011 there was a new schedule, the new schedule put live-action programs in the primetime slot and will double the Nick Jr. block. On 1 July 2011 the Nick Jr. block was removed and this was because the local Nick. Jr channel was rated number one channel for the first quarter of 2011 in Singapore, in February 2013, The Nicktoons block launched. The Indonesia Kids Choice Awards is the first Kids Choice Awards set in Asia next to the Philippines, the first show was held since 2008 in Jakarta and was first hosted by Tora Sudiro, Tasya Kamila and Ringgo Agus Rahman and some various Indonesian Artists over the years. The logo of the show is exactly the same as the US version however, it is designed for the Indonesian version of the show, the Philippines Kids Choice Awards is the second setting of the Kids Choice Awards in Asia preceded by Indonesia. The show was first held since 2008 at the Aliw Theater in Pasay and was first hosted by Michael V. the Philippines KCA has been inactive all over the years. On March 2010, Nickelodeon Southeast Asia started airing latest Nickelodeon shows, current and upcoming Nickelodeon shows from the United States that are un-aired on Asia are expecting to premiere sometime this year or next year like. Nickelodeon HD are now Nick Jr. preschool show in United States and across Asia. 2–6 years old are favorite show in Dora the Explorer, Bubble Guppies, Max and Ruby, Go Diego Go, Ben and Hollys Little Kingdom, Tickety Toc, Olive the Ostrich, Paw Patrol, Peter Rabbit and more. Nick Jr. is the channel which replaced the Nick Jr. block on Nickelodeons main South East Asia feed since 1 July 2011. It was launched on 18 May 2011 on StarHub TV Channel 304 in Singapore, the channel had expand its broadcast to other parts of South East Asia in later 2011
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AnimeCentral
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Anime Central was a British television channel owned by CSC Media Group. The channel launched on 13 September 2007 and it was first announced on 5 August 2007, though its license first appeared on the Ofcom website in January. The channel ran from 9pm to 6am, free-to-air on Skys Digital TV Platform, channel 199, Anime was only broadcast between 9pm and 6am. The channel originally timeshared with Pop Girl but more bandwidth was made removing the need for the channel to timeshare. The extra broadcast capacity was filled with the channel ident or teleshopping. The channel was shut down on 27 August 2008 being replaced with Showcase TV, Showcase TV was renumbered to channel 188 in September 2008. On August 3,2009, Showcase TV became True Entertainment, the regular schedule comprised six series, with a different episode broadcast every day. These made a block, which was then repeated twice through to 6. Each series was repeated once before a major schedule change was made. On 1 March 2008, the schedule changed, first to three double-bills, then to two triple-bills, the reasons for the change were unknown and reactions to this change on the channels forum were generally negative. Initially the channel did not broadcast in anamorphic widescreen, programmes made in 16,9 format were screened in letterbox format. In 2008, a few episodes of Ghost In the Shell, Stand Alone Complex. Bleach Cowboy Bebop Fullmetal Alchemist Ghost in the Shell, Stand Alone Complex Ghost in the Shell, joe, A Real American Hero Gundam SEED. Each block was repeated until 6, 00am, perhaps as a result of the high demand for both, during late 2007, the last repeat of the night of Cowboy Bebop and. hack//SIGN were broadcast in Japanese with English subtitles. Throughout the channels life, it had a consistent red-on-black theme, all the channels advertising, the bumpers, the ident cards and the website used this same theme. In response to a request from the brand manager, there was some discussion on the Anime Central Forums about possibly changing the red-on-black theme. However, none of the suggestions were taken up by the channel, by 14 June, confirmation that the channelss license to operate was being replaced in favour of True Entertainment, had appeared on OFCOMs monthly updates page for May 2008. On 26 August 2008, True Entertainments OFCOM Licence was renamed to Showcase TV, Anime Central survived as a 3-hour block of programming from midnight to 3am, using the channels original idents, DOG and continuity announcements
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Sony Movie Channel
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Sony Movie Channel is an American television channel that was launched on October 1,2010. It is the television channel in the United States run by Sony Corporation that is wholly owned by the company. A program block on the channel is Killer Mandays, a feature of horror films on Monday nights. From November 6–November 12,2011 the channel aired a week-long salute to Bollywood films, Sony Movie Channel is available nationally on DirecTV and Dish Network, and regionally on AT&T U-Verse and Verizon FiOS. DirecTV and Dish Network also offer Sony Movie Channel Everywhere, which allows viewers to watch its movies through its website for no additional cost, the channel is also available through streaming for owners of the Sony Network Media Player. Sony Movie Channel is also available on Sonys PlayStation Vue platform included with the Elite, the channel was discontinued on November 3,2015, as part of the re-formatting of Hollywood Suites channels to use decade-based formats. The channel was available outside of the US for the first time on Sky in the United Kingdom. While it is available in standard-definition, it is accompanied by a one-hour timeshift channel. The channel formerly airs the Animax block every Monday night, after 9pm, the rules are more relaxed and films will generally not be censored. On January 10,2017, the channel replaced Movie Mix on the Freeview and Virgin Media platforms, Movie Mix had been broadcasting an identical schedule in its final days prior to the transition. Official US website Official UK/Ireland website
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Adult Swim
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Adult Swim is a programming block of the American cable network Cartoon Network that operates at night from 8,00 p. m. to 6,00 a. m. It is programmed by Williams Street Productions, a subsidiary of Turner, the name comes from a phrase used by public swimming pools in the United States to label designated times when children are restricted from using the facilities in favor of adults. Much of Adult Swims general content is known for its risqué, unorthodox, the network was granted its own Nielsen ratings report from Cartoon Network due to targeting a separate demographic. In the United States, Adult Swim has frequently aired adult animation features, anime, mockumentaries, sketch comedy, live-action, shows may have sexual themes, frank sexual discussion, nudity, strong language, and graphic violence. While the network features comedies and dramas of all types, many of its programs are aesthetically experimental, transgressive, improvised, Adult Swim has contracted with various studios known for their productions in absurd and shock comedy. In February 2015, Adult Swim was available to approximately 96,390,000 pay-television households in the United States, Cartoon Networks original head programmer Mike Lazzo conceived Adult Swim. The network grew out of Cartoon Networks previous attempts at airing content appropriate for teenagers, the network began experimenting with its late night programming by airing anthology shows like ToonHeads and Late Night Black and White, both of which presented uncensored classic cartoon shorts. Space Ghost Coast to Coast, one of Cartoon Networks first forays into original programming, was created in 1994 specifically for late night audiences. The series was created by Mike Lazzos Ghost Planet Industries, which eventually became Williams Street Studios, during early mornings in December 2000, several new Williams Street series made unannounced stealth premieres. Sealab 2021, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and The Brak Show all premiered unannounced, the official schedules listed the shows as Special Programming. Adult Swim launched on September 2,2001 with the airing of the Home Movies episode Directors Cut. The first anime broadcast on Adult Swim also aired on the night of its launch, the block initially aired on Sunday nights, with a repeat of the same block on Thursday nights. On March 28,2005, Atlanta-based Turner Broadcasting System began recording Adult Swim Nielsen ratings separately from Cartoon Network for demographic purposes, promotions for Adult Swim are targeted towards the college age and those in their twenties and thirties, constituting the majority of their viewers. Adult Swim also had a direct and important role in the revival of two animated series, the aforementioned Family Guy and Futurama. On March 29,2004, less one year later, Fox announced it would be renewing Family Guy for a fourth season. Futurama was also revived in 2007 by Comedy Central for similar reasons, Adult Swim obtained Futuramas exclusive cable syndication rights in March 2002 for a reported $10 million, and the series first aired on the network in January 2002. These devices were in part of a guerrilla marketing advertising campaign. The next day, Boston authorities arrested two men involved with the incident, on February 5, Turner Broadcasting and marketer Interference, Inc. announced that they would pay $2 million in amends, one million to the city of Boston, and one million in goodwill funds
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Toonami
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Toonami is a brand name geared towards action-oriented programming, primarily consisting of American animation and Japanese anime. Originally an afternoon and evening block on Cartoon Network and ended on September 20,2008, the brand was created by Sean Akins and Jason DeMarco and produced by Williams Street. The name is a portmanteau of the cartoon and tsunami. Toonami initially ran on Cartoon Network from 1997 to 2008, in its original run, the block was famous for showcasing action anime that became widely popular with American audiences. It was also recognized for its distinctive space-themed backdrop, anime music videos, drum and bass-flavored soundtrack, on May 26,2012, Adult Swim relaunched Toonami as an adult-oriented animated block, which continues as a Saturday night action block from its forerunner, Midnight Run. Shows from the lineup have occasionally returned, along with newer shows. Toonami was Cartoon Networks primary action-animation block, the block premiered on March 17,1997. It initially replaced Power Zone, Cartoon Networks most recent incarnation of the Super Adventures block, Toonami was originally a weekday afternoon cartoon and action block hosted by Space Ghost villain-turned-producer Moltar at the Ghost Planet Industries building from 1997 to July 9,1999. It was originally a five-hour Saturday night block at midnight EST until March 2000, when it moved to weeknights in an hour-long format until January 2003. It ran from 1999 to 2003, broadcast from 12,00 am EST to 5,00 am from 1999 to 2000 and it consisted of anime such as Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Voltron, Robotech, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, and Outlaw Star. Midnight Run tended to have more blood and violence than its daytime counterpart, another event was Dragon Ball Z taking over the Midnight Run for a week starting on March 26–30,2001. Starting in September 2000, Toonami presented special interactive events known as Total Immersion Events, the first TIE was The Intruder, which introduced T. O. M. s companion, an AI matrix known as S. A. R. A. The Intruder was an eight episode mini-series that aired during Toonami from September 18–27,2000 and it involved the Absolution being attacked by an alien blob known only as the Intruder, which ultimately devoured T. O. M. Though The Intruder resulted in the destruction of T. O. M and he was soon after upgraded by S. A. R. A. From a short Bomberman-esque character to a taller, sleeker, deeper-voiced incarnation dubbed T. O. M, a Saturday morning incarnation, Toonami Rising Sun, ran from 2000 to 2003 at 9,00 am to noon. It later ran from 10,00 am to 1,00 pm and this block was somewhat hampered to avoid competing with sister network Kids WB. From July 30,2001, until June 28,2002, Kids WB aired a Toonami block that was, more or less, the Kids WB lineup with the Toonami name. In spring 2002, Kids WB announced that they would drop the Toonami name from their weekday lineup, fights to save the Absolution from an attack by a giant trash compactor
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South Africa
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South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is the southernmost country in Africa. South Africa is the 25th-largest country in the world by land area and it is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different Bantu languages, the remaining population consists of Africas largest communities of European, Asian, and multiracial ancestry. South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a variety of cultures, languages. Its pluralistic makeup is reflected in the recognition of 11 official languages. The country is one of the few in Africa never to have had a coup détat, however, the vast majority of black South Africans were not enfranchised until 1994. During the 20th century, the black majority sought to recover its rights from the dominant white minority, with this struggle playing a role in the countrys recent history. The National Party imposed apartheid in 1948, institutionalising previous racial segregation, since 1994, all ethnic and linguistic groups have held political representation in the countrys democracy, which comprises a parliamentary republic and nine provinces. South Africa is often referred to as the Rainbow Nation to describe the multicultural diversity. The World Bank classifies South Africa as an economy. Its economy is the second-largest in Africa, and the 34th-largest in the world, in terms of purchasing power parity, South Africa has the seventh-highest per capita income in Africa. However, poverty and inequality remain widespread, with about a quarter of the population unemployed, nevertheless, South Africa has been identified as a middle power in international affairs, and maintains significant regional influence. The name South Africa is derived from the geographic location at the southern tip of Africa. Upon formation the country was named the Union of South Africa in English, since 1961 the long form name in English has been the Republic of South Africa. In Dutch the country was named Republiek van Zuid-Afrika, replaced in 1983 by the Afrikaans Republiek van Suid-Afrika, since 1994 the Republic has had an official name in each of its 11 official languages. Mzansi, derived from the Xhosa noun umzantsi meaning south, is a name for South Africa. South Africa contains some of the oldest archaeological and human fossil sites in the world, extensive fossil remains have been recovered from a series of caves in Gauteng Province. The area is a UNESCO World Heritage site and has termed the Cradle of Humankind
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Animax
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Animax, stylized as ANIMAX, is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. The channel also dubbed cartoons in Japanese language, Animax is the first and largest 24-hour network in the world dedicated to anime and cartoons. Animax has separate 24-hour TV channels for Japan, Animax Asia, and a VOD service in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Established on May 20,1998 by Sony, Animax Broadcast Japan Inc. originally premiered in Japan on June 1, the same year, across the SKY PerfecTV. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and presided by Masao Takiyama, Animaxs shareholders and founders include Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sunrise, Toei Animation, TMS Entertainment and its founders also include noted anime producer and production designer Yoshirō Kataoka. The network began broadcasting in high definition from October 2009, Animax also exhibits affiliations with anime pioneer Osamu Tezukas Tezuka Productions company, Pierrot, Nippon Animation, and numerous others. Noted Japanese celebrities and personalities to have appeared on Animax with their own programs, include actress Natsuki Katō, the networks narrators are the voice actors Yukari Tamura and Kōsuke Okano, and from October 2007, Sayuri Yahagi. Apart from operating its business primarily as a network, Animax has also begun operating a mobile television service. In February 2007, Animax announced that it would be launching a television service of its network on the mobile phone company MOBAHO. From April 2007, having its programming being viewable by the mobile phone subscribers. Since July 2011 a program called STUDIO MUSIX has been transmitted the first Sunday of every month, in each episode theres a segment of Mayn and the guests on an interview and also a live stage featuring them. Cartoon series broadcast include Transformers, Generation 1, Transformers Prime, Transformers, Generation 2, Ying Yang Yo, Jackie Chan Adventures, Metalocallypse, Arms Micron, joe, Renegades, Sonic X and Digimon Adventure appears in MorningMax, released as 2015. Animax launched separate Asian versions of the channel featuring its programming within separate networks and feeds in the respective regions. The first one was launched in Taiwan and the Philippines on January 1,2004, on July 5,2004, Animax started operations across South Asia including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives, featuring its programming within an English-language feed. On April 29,2006, Animax started its operations in South Korea, on August 31,2006, Animax launched its Malaysian feed. Animax used the latest logo launched on May 3,2010, as of 2016 Animax has separate 24-hour TV channels for Animax Asia and South Korea. Animax was launched in Latin America on July 31,2005, replacing Locomotion after Sonys purchase from Hearst Corporation and Corus Entertainment, the channels non-anime programming were removed from the lineup, which was later replaced with an all-anime lineup. Animax Latin America began operating across the region and broadcasting its anime programming
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Bleach (manga)
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Bleach is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo. His new-found powers force him to take on the duties of defending humans from evil spirits and guiding departed souls to the afterlife, Bleach was serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from August 2001 to August 2016, with its chapters collected into 74 tankōbon volumes. A live-action film adaptation is scheduled for release in 2018, Viz Media secured foreign television and home video distribution rights to the Bleach anime in 2006. Viz Media has also released each of the Bleach feature films in English, Bleach received the Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen demographic in 2005, and is among the best-selling manga in both Japan and the United States. Bleach has sold more than 90 million copies in Japan since its publication, among critics, Bleach is most commonly praised for its action scenes and art but criticized for its plot elements. Ichigo Kurosaki is a teenager who can see ghosts, a talent which lets him meet supernatural trespasser Rukia Kuchiki. When she is severely wounded defending Ichigo from a Hollow she is pursuing, Rukia is thereby trapped in an ordinary human body, and must advise Ichigo as he balances the demands of his substitute Soul Reaper duties and attending high school. Eventually, Rukia is arrested by her Soul Reaper superiors and sentenced to death for the act of transferring her powers into a human. Ichigo and friends move to rescue her, and in order to enter the Soul Society they enlist the help ex-Soul Reaper scientist Kisuke Urahara, who enables Ichigo to access his own Soul Reaper powers. Aizen is then joined by his conspirators, Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tōsen. From this point, Ichigo and Rukia are reconciled to the Soul Reapers, the Visoreds proceed to help Ichigo control his inner Hollow. When the Espada kidnap Orihime, Ichigo and his allies enter Hueco Mundo to invade Aizens palace Las Noches (虚夜宮, in the final arc, an army of Quincies known as the Wandenreich appear and declare their own war on the Soul Society, after enslaving the Arrancars. The group is led by Yhwach, the ancient progenitor of the Quincies who was worshipped as a god on earth. Yhwach has returned from hibernation in the afterlife, and seeks to kill the Soul King like Aizen. In their first invasion, the Wandenreich killed many Soul Reapers with Head Captain Yamamoto among the deceased. In the final battle, Yhwach returns to the Soul Society in order to conquer it once and for all, but is met by Aizen who joins Ichigo, Renji, with the help of Ryuken Ishidas Still Silver, Uryu and Ichigo ultimately defeat Yhwach. Years later, Rukia becomes the new captain of the company and has a daughter with Renji named Ichika. Aizen, who has returned to his prison, has a monologue in which he offers a rebuttal to Yhwachs vision of a world without death
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Bleach: Memories of Nobody
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Bleach, Memories of Nobody is the first animated film adaptation of the anime and manga series Bleach. Directed by Noriyuki Abe and written by Masashi Sogo, the film was first released in Japanese theaters on December 16,2006, the DVD was released in Japan on September 5,2007. To promote the film, the opening and closing credits for episodes 106 through 109 of the Bleach anime use footage from the film, the films theme music is Sen no Yoru o Koete by Aqua Timez. The film had a theatrical release in the United States from June 11 to June 12,2008. The film aired on September 5,2009 on Adult Swim, animax Asia became the first to air the movie in Asia, as they confirmed the premiere to be on May 2. The Blu-ray was released on May 7,2012 in the United Kingdom, in the Soul Reaper Research and Development Institute, the members discover that two worlds are colliding. After Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki defeat a hollow, they rescue, taking his unattended body under custody of local paramedics, Ichigo and Rukia successfully flee. As they encounter unidentified ghost-like spirits in Karakura Town, a mysterious Soul Reaper named Senna appears, at the same time, Kon meets a shadowy figure with the dark armor. While Rukia returns to the Soul Society in search of answers, Tōshirō Hitsugaya, kisuke Urahara explains that the dimension between the Soul Society and the real world is colliding with the Valley of Screams, expanding connecting points. The spirits seen earlier are the Blanks, a group of souls lost in the space between worlds and that they comprise the Valley. Their memories combine to form an entity, the Shinenju. Kisuke instructs the assembled Soul Reapers to find it, before the mysterious group, Ichigo asks Senna to learn the truth about the blanks, but she refuses. She goes to the cemetery and encounters the group, before Ichigo fends them off, after Ichigo and Senna reunited Tomoya with his father, the officers of Gotei 13 identify Senna as the real Shinenju and orders Ichigo to hand her over, but he refuses. The mysterious group called the Dark Ones, exiled members from the Soul Society seeking revenge for the past, arrives and captures Senna. They head to the Valley of Screams and attach her to a device powered by the Blanks causing the Valley to collapse, along with the real world and the Soul Society. Rukia goes to get reinforcements, but Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto plans to destroy the Valley, in the meantime, Jūshirō Ukitake convinces Yamamoto to destroy the Valley and allow the group to complete the mission and escape. The Soul Reapers quickly defeat the Dark Ones and Blanks, while Ichigo defeats their leader, after the Soul Reapers leave the portal and return to the real world, they discover the finishing process of the collapse. However, Senna sacrifices herself to two worlds back apart, using the power of the blanks to trigger explosions between them and stabilize both
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Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion
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Bleach, The DiamondDust Rebellion is the second animated film adaptation of the anime and manga series Bleach. The film is directed by Noriyuki Abe and co-written by Michiko Yokote and Masahiro Ōkubo, the theme music for the film is Rock of Light by Sambomaster. The DVD of the film was released on September 6,2008, to promote the film, the opening and closing credits of the Bleach anime from episode 151-154 use footage from the film. Kubo also published a manga chapter focusing on Hitsugayas past to further promote the film. The English release of the DVD was on September 8,2009, the official European release of the film was on September 6,2010 and in the United Kingdom on Blu-ray on May 7,2012. During the attack, Hitsugaya corners and seems to recognize the Soul Reaper, in the middle of battle, Hitsugaya abandons his post to pursue him and leaves his squad behind to fend for themselves. After the battle, the Soul Society suspects Hitsugaya of treason, the whole 10th Squad is then put under house arrest at which time they can surmise whether or not the division should be abolished. As Soi Fon disappears, Uryu Ishida meets with Ichigo and Tōshirō makes his presence known, Tōshirō wakes up in Ichigos house, replaces his captains robe with the thiefs cloak, and asks Ichigo to step aside. In the midst of their discussion, Ichigo is attacked by the two previous arrancar before he can force the issue, the 6th Division is sent in to investigate this attack, with Byakuya Kuchiki confirming it to be done by Hyōrinmaru. Tōshirōs capture is made top priority and his execution is approved. Meanwhile, back in the world, Rukia meets Ichigo. During the talk, Ichigo realizes what might be troubling Hitsugaya, through his wandering to avoid capture, Tōshirō eventually manages to track Sōjirō down, where it is revealed that the two managed to manifest the same zanpakutō. Because it is impossible for the same zanpakuto to be wielded in Soul Society, Tōshirō did not wish to fight, but was left with no other option as Kusaka attacked, claiming that he was the only one worthy of Hyōrinmaru. In the fight, Kusaka is defeated by Tōshirō and the concluded that Tōshirō was the true owner of Hyōrinmaru. Cursing Soul Society and its authorities, Kusaka died and was reborn in Hueco Mundo, using the Kings Seal, Sōjirō teleports Tōshirō and himself to Sōkyoku Hill in the Soul Society, needing the power of Tōshirōs bankai to break the seal. They are confronted by Ikkaku Madarame, Renji Abarai and Yumichika Ayasegawa, as all Soul Reapers led by Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto appear on top of the hill. They attack Tōshirō and Kusaka but are thrown back when Ichigo and Rukia intervene, in front of everyone, Tōshirō refuses and Sōjirō breaks the seal himself, having gained enough strength to do so himself, after which he transforms into a giant dragon-like creature made of ice. Kenpachi Zaraki attacks and is defeated by the Dragon Kusaka, who proceeds to mould the Soul Societys landscape at will
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Bleach: Fade to Black
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Bleach, Fade to Black is the third animated film adaptation of the anime and manga series Bleach. Directed by Noriyuki Abe, the film was released December 13,2008 in Japan, the films theme music was Koyoi, Tsuki wa Miezu Tomo, performed by Porno Graffitti and its screenplay was written by Natsuko Takahashi, who is a screenwriter for the anime series. The DVD was released on September 30,2009 in Japan, with footage of Ichigo, Rukia. The English dub was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 15,2011 in the United States, seemingly everyone in the Soul Society has their memories of Rukia erased. In the real world, Ichigo Kurosaki briefly forgets Rukia but in a dream he recalls her, troubled, he and Kon go to Kisuke Urahara for information. He tells Urahara of the situation, but he not remember Rukia despite having her listed as a customer at his shop. Ichigo and Kon travel to the Soul Society with all the captains disoriented memories and these included confrontation with Shuhei Hisagi, Renji Abarai and Sajin Komamura, even after Ichigo is forced to use his Hollow powers, but still no one remembers Ichigo. While attempting to flee, he is struck by Komamuras Bankai, Ichigo is branded an intruder by the captains of the Gotei 13. Rukia finds herself in Rukongai with no memory of being a Soul Reaper, the nameless siblings, a sister and a brother, remind Rukia that they used to be close friends living in Rukongai and Rukia was to give them names, although she has forgotten them. Ichigo is healed of his injuries by Hanatarō Yamada, who seems to have recalled healing him before, Ichigo then goes to Byakuya for help, but he does not remember Rukia either. Commander-Captain Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto and other captains arrive to capture Ichigo, Rukia objects to this, and Ichigo and Renjis arrival prompts Rukia to remember them. The female sibling succumbs to rage, and she herself, her brother and Rukia to all fuse into one. Dark Rukia, seemingly hollowified, unleashes the reiatsu weapon upon Soul Society before battling Ichigo, the reiatsu weapon takes the form of a giant, deformed monster, and the Soul Reapers fight against it, including Yoruichi Shihoin who had arrived with Urahara and a freed Kenpachi. Ichigo fights Dark Rukia and holds back initially to refrain from injuring her, Rukia regains her memories, but the siblings are left mortally wounded, though they are regretful for their actions. Rukia tells the siblings their names, Homura and Shizuku, Kon, who was frozen during the climactic battle, breaks free and cries out to not be forgotten by everyone, especially Rukia. The process ended when Ichigo infused Rukia with his reiatsu and she regained her memories, Homura Voiced by, Aya Hirano, Laura Bailey Rukia and Shizukus sister. She and her brother died defending Rukia from a parasitic Hollow and she is able to grant any wish Rukia makes. She received her name after Rukia recovered her memories, Shizuku Voiced by, Hiroshi Kamiya, Richard Cansino Rukia and Homuras brother
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Bleach: Hell Verse
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Bleach, Hell Verse is a 2010 Japanese animated film directed by Noriyuki Abe. It is the animated film adaptation of the anime and manga series Bleach. The film was released in Japanese theatres on December 4,2010, a prologue for the film, titled Theatre Opening Commemoration. Hell Chapter, Prologue, was included in season 14 of the series and included in the regular TV Tokyo schedule. A promotional manga chapter, titled Imaginary Number 01, The Unforgivens, was published showing Shuren confronting Szayel Aporro Granz, additionally, a promotional information book called Bleach, Official Invitation Book The Hell Verse was also released to commemorate the release of Bleach, Hell Verse. The DVD was released on August 25,2011 in Japan, the English dub was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 4,2012 in the United States and on February 24,2013 in the United Kingdom. A recap of Ichigo Kurosakis battle against Ulquiorra in Hueco Mundo, transforms into an incredibly powerful, some time later before Ichigo loses his powers, Rukia Kuchiki and Renji Abarai arrive in the human world to inspect a strange occurrence, though they remain vague about what. Shortly after, powerful masked spirits attack Ichigo and the others at school, when the mask of one of the spirits breaks, the gates of Hell appear and a Kushanāda, one of the guardians of Hell impales, the unmasked spirit, dragging him into Hell. It is revealed that the spirits are Sinners and they hide their faces to avoid being dragged back to Hell. During the battle, Ichigos two sisters, Karin and Yuzu are attacked by Shuren, the leader of the Sinners, Ichigo manages to return in time to attack Shuren, but is unable to defeat him. Kokutō, a Sinner not allied with Shuren, rescues Karin, Kokutō offers to assist Ichigo by showing him the route into Hell, and Rukia, Renji, and Uryū Ishida decide to join the quest. During a fight against Kushanāda, Ichigos Hollow mask sponstaneously manifests, Kokutō explains Hell brings out ones hidden powers, confronted by Shurens minions, Rukia, Renji and Uryū fight while Ichigo and Kokutō move on to Shurens lair, where Yuzu is held captive. Shuren orders Ichigo to destroy the Gates of Hell, believing it will free the Sinner, once Shurens group is defeated, Kokutō reveals he tricked Shuren into luring Ichigo to Hell, Kokutō wants to use Ichigos Hollow powers to break the invisible chains which tie him to Hell. Kokutō then taunts Ichigo by revealing that Yuzu has become an Sinner, Ichigo angrily transforms into his Hollow form and blasts Kokutō with his Cero, destroying most of the chains binding him to Hell and burning through the gates. Renji breaks Ichigos Hollow mask and activates a kido that teleports Ichigo and Yuzu out of Hell, leaving himself, Rukia, the Soul Reapers arrive at the now-broken gates and begin repairs. Orihime is brought to heal Yuzu, but even her powers are not enough to undo Hells bindings, however, Yuzu later spotaneously recovers on her own. Using a Kushinada attempting to exit the gates as a distraction, Ichigo returns and flies down to the deepest level of Hell, Ichigo fights Kokutō, while fighting off his Hollow side. Shuren appears in the PSP video game Bleach, Heat the Soul 7 as a downloadable content playable character and he initially poses as an ally, saving Karin Kurosaki, but betrays Ichigo by killing Yuzu
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Rock Musical Bleach
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Rock Musical Bleach, often referred as BuriMyu, are a series of rock musicals produced by Studio Pierrot and Nelke Planning. Musicals are based on Tite Kubos manga Bleach, the Rock Musical Bleach consist of live performances that follow the manga plotline from Soul Society arc and The Live Bankai shows with the original script. The first musical was directed by Takuya Hiramitsu, with an adaptation by Naoshi Okumura. The music is original and it is written by Shoichi Tama. The premiere was held in Space Zero Hall in Shinjuku, Tokyo from August 17 -28,2005, the story follows a life of high school student Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains a Soul Reaper powers from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki. By transferring her Soul Reaper powers to a human, Rukia Kuchiki was sent back to the Soul Society and sentenced to death. In order to save Rukia from execution, Ichigo along with his friends goes to the territory where he engages the members of Gotei 13. The musical was first produced under the direction of Takuya Hiramitsu at Space Zero Hall in Shinjuku, Tokyo, the script was adapted by Naoshi Okumura and music was originally produced by Shoichi Tama. The main role of Ichigo Kurosaki went to Tatsuya Isaka, the role of Rukia Kuchiki was played by Miki Satō. Rei Yoshii portrayed Orihime Inoue and Naofumi Yoshida played the role of Yasutora Sado, the show was performed until August 28,2005. The second musical was performed under name Saien and it was premiered at Meil Park Hall in Osaka on January 5,2006. The Tokyo premiere of Saien was held at Nippon Seinenkan Great Hall on January 14,2006, the production added the new cast member for the show, Eiki Kitamura to play a role of Izuru Kira. The third Rock Musical Bleach was opened at Miel Park Hall in Osaka under name The Dark of the Bleeding Moon on August 10,2006, in Tokyo, the musical was held at Nippon Seinenkan Great Hall on August 16,2006. The show added Kumiko Saito to portray Yoruichi Shihōin beside her role of Momo Hinamori, the production also added Kohei Murakami to portray Hanatarō Yamada, Harumi Inoue to play Rangiku Matsumoto, Shogo Suzuki to play Kenpachi Zaraki, and Takuya Usui to play Ikkaku Madarame. Yousuke Ito, Rei Yoshii and Naofumi Yoshida were removed from the original cast member list, no Clouds in the Blue Heavens is a sequel of previous musical and it focuses on Rukias execution. The performance was held at Nippon Seinenkan Great Hall in Tokyo on March 21,2007, the show features new cast members and new songs. Asuka Sekine, Hiroko Kasahara and Masahiro Kuranuki were added to the cast, the closing musical The All was held at Shinjuku Koma Theater on March 24,2008. The show is the part of Rock Musical Bleach DX performance, the Live Bankai Shows are musicals with original script and they dont follow the manga plotline
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Japanese language
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Japanese is an East Asian language spoken by about 125 million speakers, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language. It is a member of the Japonic language family, whose relation to language groups, particularly to Korean. Little is known of the prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century recorded a few Japanese words, during the Heian period, Chinese had considerable influence on the vocabulary and phonology of Old Japanese. Late Middle Japanese saw changes in features that brought it closer to the modern language, the standard dialect moved from the Kansai region to the Edo region in the Early Modern Japanese period. Following the end in 1853 of Japans self-imposed isolation, the flow of loanwords from European languages increased significantly, English loanwords in particular have become frequent, and Japanese words from English roots have proliferated. Japanese is an agglutinative, mora-timed language with simple phonotactics, a vowel system, phonemic vowel and consonant length. Word order is normally subject–object–verb with particles marking the grammatical function of words, sentence-final particles are used to add emotional or emphatic impact, or make questions. Nouns have no number or gender, and there are no articles. Verbs are conjugated, primarily for tense and voice, but not person, Japanese equivalents of adjectives are also conjugated. Japanese has a system of honorifics with verb forms and vocabulary to indicate the relative status of the speaker, the listener. Japanese has no relationship with Chinese, but it makes extensive use of Chinese characters, or kanji, in its writing system. Along with kanji, the Japanese writing system uses two syllabic scripts, hiragana and katakana. Latin script is used in a fashion, such as for imported acronyms. Very little is known about the Japanese of this period, Old Japanese is the oldest attested stage of the Japanese language. Through the spread of Buddhism, the Chinese writing system was imported to Japan, the earliest texts found in Japan are written in Classical Chinese, but they may have been meant to be read as Japanese by the kanbun method. Some of these Chinese texts show the influences of Japanese grammar, in these hybrid texts, Chinese characters are also occasionally used phonetically to represent Japanese particles. The earliest text, the Kojiki, dates to the early 8th century, the end of Old Japanese coincides with the end of the Nara period in 794
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Hepburn romanization
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The system was originally proposed by the Romanization Club in 1885. The revised edition by Romaji-Hirome-kai in 1908 is called standard style romanization, Hepburn is based on English phonology and has competed with the alternative Nihon-shiki romanization, which was developed in Japan as a replacement of Japanese script. In 1930, a Special Romanization Study Commission was appointed to compare the two, the ordinance was temporarily overturned by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers during the Occupation of Japan, but was reissued in 1954. In 1972, a version of Hepburn was codified as ANSI standard Z39. 11-1972. It was proposed in 1989 as a draft for ISO3602, the ANSI Z39. 11-1972 standard was consequently deprecated on October 6,1994. As of 1978, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, in addition The Japan Times, the Japan Travel Bureau, and many other private organizations used Hepburn instead of Kunrei-shiki. The National Diet Library used Kunrei-shiki, although Hepburn is not a government standard, some government agencies mandate it. In many other areas where it de jure status, Hepburn remains the de facto standard. Signs and notices in city offices and police stations, at shrines, temples, English-language newspapers and media use the simplified form of Hepburn. Cities and prefectures use it in information for English-speaking residents and visitors, official tourism information put out by the government uses it, as do guidebooks, local and foreign, on Japan. Many students of Japanese as a foreign language learn Hepburn, there are many variants of Hepburn romanization. The two most common styles are, Traditional Hepburn, as defined in various editions of Hepburns dictionary and this variant is characterized by the rendering of syllabic n as m before the consonants b, m and p, e. g. Shimbashi for 新橋. Modified Hepburn, also known as Revised Hepburn, in which the rendering of syllabic n as m before certain consonants is no longer used, in Japan itself, there are some variants officially mandated for various uses, Railway Standard, which follows the Hyōjun-shiki Rōmaji. All JR railways and other major railways use this type for station names, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Standard, which follows the modified Hepburn style. This is used for road signs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Passport Standard, a permissive standard which explicitly allows the use of non-Hepburn romaji in personal names, notably for passports. In particular, rendering the syllabic n as m before b, m, p, details of these variants can be found below. The romanizations set out in the first and second versions of Hepburns dictionary are primarily of historical interest, supporters argue that Hepburn is not intended as a linguistic tool. The long vowels are indicated by macrons
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Anime
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Anime is Japanese hand-drawn or computer animation. The word is the pronunciation of animation in Japanese, where this term references all animation. Arguably, the abstract approach to the words meaning may open up the possibility of anime produced in countries other than Japan. For simplicity, many Westerners strictly view anime as a Japanese animation product, some scholars suggest defining anime as specifically or quintessentially Japanese may be related to a new form of orientalism. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917, and Japanese anime production has continued to increase steadily. Anime is distributed theatrically, by way of television broadcasts, directly to home media and it is classified into numerous genres targeting diverse broad and niche audiences. Anime is an art form with distinctive production methods and techniques that have been adapted over time in response to emergent technologies. It consists of an ideal story-telling mechanism, combining art, characterization, cinematography. The production of anime focuses less on the animation of movement and more on the realism of settings as well as the use of effects, including panning, zooming. Being hand-drawn, anime is separated from reality by a gap of fiction that provides an ideal path for escapism that audiences can immerse themselves into with relative ease. Diverse art styles are used and character proportions and features can be quite varied, the anime industry consists of over 430 production studios, including major names like Studio Ghibli, Gainax, and Toei Animation. Despite comprising only a fraction of Japans domestic film market, anime makes up a majority of Japanese DVD sales and it has also seen international success after the rise of English-dubbed programming. This rise in popularity has resulted in non-Japanese productions using the anime art style. Anime is an art form, specifically animation, that all genres found in cinema. In Japanese, the term refers to all forms of animation from around the world. In English, anime is more used to denote a Japanese-style animated film or television entertainment or as a style of animation created in Japan. The etymology of the anime is disputed. The English term animation is written in Japanese katakana as アニメーション and is アニメ in its shortened form, in English, anime—when used as a common noun—normally functions as a mass noun
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Television program
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It may be a single production, or more commonly, a series of related productions. A limited number of episodes of a show may be called a miniseries or a serial or limited series. Television series are without a fixed length and are divided into seasons or series. While there is no defined length, U. S. industry practice has traditionally favored longer television seasons than those of other countries, a one-time broadcast may be called a special, or particularly in the UK a special episode. A television film is a film that is initially broadcast on television rather than released in theaters or direct-to-video, a program can be either recorded, as on video tape, other various electronic media forms, played with an on-demand player or viewed on live television. Television programs may be fictional, or non-fictional and it may be topical, or historical. They could be primarily instructional or educational, or entertaining as is the case in situation comedy, a drama program usually features a set of actors playing characters in a historical or contemporary setting. The program follows their lives and adventures, except for soap opera-type serials, many shows especially before the 1980s, remained static without story arcs, and the main characters and premise changed little. If some change happened to the characters lives during the episode, because of this, the episodes could be broadcast in any order. Since the 1980s, there are series that feature progressive change to the plot. For instance, Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere were two of the first American prime time television series to have this kind of dramatic structure. While the later series, Babylon 5 is an example of such production that had a predetermined story running over its intended five-season run. In 2012, it was reported that television was growing into a component of major media companies revenues than film. Some also noted the increase in quality of television programs. When a person or company decides to create a new series, they develop the elements, consisting of the concept, the characters, the crew. Then they offer it to the networks in an attempt to find one interested enough to order a prototype first episode of the series. They want very much to get the word out on what types of shows they’re looking for, to create the pilot, the structure and team of the whole series must be put together. If the network likes the pilot, they pick up the show to air it the next season, sometimes they save it for mid-season, or request rewrites and further review
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Tite Kubo
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Tite Kubo is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his manga series Bleach, which has sold over 82 million copies as of 2013, Kubo was born on June 26,1977 in Hiroshima, where his father worked as a town council member. In elementary school, he had decided to become a manga artist, and after reading the manga Saint Seiya. His first one-shot was Ultra Unholy Hearted Machine, written for the Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1996 and he wrote his first manga Zombiepowder, which was also published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1999. It ran a short 27 chapters before being canceled in 2000, according to the authors commentary, Kubo was in a state of severe emotional trauma when he wrote it. Kubo later stated that he was not used to the weekly serialization. His next series, Bleach, about a school student who becomes a shinigami and fights creatures known as Hollows. Kubo initially expected the series serialization to continue no longer than five years, the original story concept was submitted to Weekly Shōnen Jump shortly after the cancellation of Zombiepowder, but was rejected. Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball, saw the story, Bleach ran for 15 years of serialization and reached over 686 chapters from 2001 to 2016. Additionally, an adaptation of the series was broadcast in TV Tokyo for 8 years from 2004 to 2012. The manga was named a winner of the Shogakukan Manga Award for its category in 2004, Kubo and Makoto Matsubara have co-authored two novelizations of the Bleach series, which were published by Shueisha under their Jump Books label. The first Bleach movie was released in Japan on December 16,2006, followed by a movie on December 22,2007, a third on December 13,2008. Kubo also appeared in the episode 112 of the Japanese radio program of Bleach B-Station, in that program, Kubo was interviewed by Masakazu Morita, voice actor of Ichigo Kurosaki, the main character of Bleach, and answered several questions from fans. On July 26,2008, Kubo went to the United States for the first time, both of Kubos serialized works are shōnen manga with a heavy focus on action. His fight scenes are noted for swift cuts and dramatic angle changes between panels, as well as inclusion of background art or splash pages. As a character designer, Kubo held to an angular and lanky style through Zombiepowder. and the early portions of Bleach. His designs often incorporate elements of body horror, Tite Kubos earliest influence is from Shigeru Mizukis manga Gegege no Kitaro. He remembers trying to sketch its characters and found his own designs to be simpler that of Mizukis, Kubo has cited influences for elements of Bleach ranging from other manga series to music, foreign language, architecture, and film
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Manga
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Manga are comics created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century. They have a long and complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art, the term manga in Japan is a word used to refer to both comics and cartooning. Manga as a term used outside Japan refers to comics published in Japan. In Japan, people of all ages read manga, many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become a major part of the Japanese publishing industry, representing a ¥406 billion market in Japan in 2007. Manga have also gained a significant worldwide audience, in Europe and the Middle East the market was worth $250 million in 2012. In 2008, in the U. S. and Canada, the market was valued at $175 million, the markets in France. Manga stories are printed in black-and-white, although some full-color manga exist. In Japan, manga are usually serialized in manga magazines, often containing many stories. If the series is successful, collected chapters may be republished in tankōbon volumes, frequently but not exclusively, a manga artist typically works with a few assistants in a small studio and is associated with a creative editor from a commercial publishing company. If a manga series is popular enough, it may be animated after or even during its run, sometimes manga are drawn centering on previously existing live-action or animated films. Manga-influenced comics, among original works, exist in parts of the world, particularly in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan. The word manga comes from the Japanese word 漫画, composed of the two kanji 漫 meaning whimsical or impromptu and 画 meaning pictures, rakuten Kitazawa first used the word manga in the modern sense. In Japanese, manga refers to all kinds of cartooning, comics, among English speakers, manga has the stricter meaning of Japanese comics, in parallel to the usage of anime in and outside Japan. The term ani-manga is used to describe comics produced from animation cels, writers on manga history have described two broad and complementary processes shaping modern manga. One view emphasizes events occurring during and after the U. S, occupation of Japan, and stresses U. S. cultural influences, including U. S. comics and images and themes from U. S. television, film, and cartoons. Regardless of its source, an explosion of artistic creativity certainly occurred in the period, involving manga artists such as Osamu Tezuka. Astro Boy quickly became popular in Japan and elsewhere
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Johnny Yong Bosch
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John Jay Bosch, known as Johnny Yong Bosch, is an American actor, martial artist and musician. Noby Nobi in Doraemon, Yu Narukami in the Persona 4 series, Yukio Okumura in Blue Exorcist and he is the front man of the band Eyeshine. Bosch is located in Los Angeles and does most of his work at Bang Zoom. Entertainment, Animaze, New Generation Pictures, Studiopolis, and on some occasions travels to Dallas to record shows for Funimation. In the Viz Media dubbing of Sailor Moon and the newer Sailor Moon Crystal, he voices Artemis, Bosch was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Garland, Texas. His father was a soldier in the Army and met his mother while stationed in South Korea and he was interested in martial arts at an early age, inspired by martial arts movies and Bruce Lee. He taught himself martial arts at first, mimicking moves from Lee as well as Jackie Chan and he said he was ridiculed a lot when he was young and became a bully, but made a change for the better after studying kung fu. In addition to training in arts, in which he won several competitions. Bosch auditioned for the Power Rangers show in Dallas when he was informed by his martial arts instructor, in 1994, he landed the role of Adam Park, the new Black Power Ranger, in the second season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Bosch said that when he got the part, he changed his name to Yong. For the feature film Power Rangers, The Movie, he did all of his stunts after his stuntman had broken his leg and he also noted that among all the different animal characters the Rangers got to be associated, his was associated to a frog. In Power Rangers Zeo, Boschs character became a Green Ranger and his final regular stint in the franchise was in Power Rangers Turbo, where his character passes his Green Turbo Ranger powers to a new member. He played Park in the feature film Turbo, A Power Rangers Movie. In looking back at his acting for the show, Bosch said that Power Rangers was a lot of fun but it was a show and very cheesy because of it. Plus, I didnt know squat about acting then and his best friends on the set included Jason David Frank, Jason Narvy and Nakia Burrise. He and Narvy also starred in the film Wicked Game, also known as Extreme Heist and he is cast in the upcoming sci-fi action movie The Order, which features many former Power Rangers actors. Bosch voiced Vash the Stampede in Trigun as his first job and for various Japanese anime, including notably Bleach as Ichigo Kurosaki, in 2006, he worked once again with Koichi Sakamoto on the film Broken Path. In 2007, Bosch co-starred alongside Ray Park in a comic-book style action film, among other works, Bosch also voiced Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass in 2008 and Izaya Orihara in Durarara in 2011
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Neon Genesis Evangelion
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Neon Genesis Evangelion, commonly referred to as Evangelion or Eva, is a Japanese anime television series produced by Gainax and Tatsunoko Production, and directed by Hideaki Anno. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 1995 to March 1996, the original Japanese cast includes Megumi Ogata as Shinji Ikari, Megumi Hayashibara as Rei Ayanami, and Yūko Miyamura as Asuka Langley Soryu. The music was composed by Shirō Sagisu, Evangelion is an apocalyptic anime, set in a futuristic Tokyo fifteen years after a worldwide cataclysm. The series explores the experiences and emotions of Evangelion pilots and members of NERV as they attempt to prevent another catastrophe, in the series there are many references to psychoanalytic concepts, such as the oral stage, introjection, oral personality, ambivalence, and the death drive. It features religious symbolism throughout the series, including themes and imagery derived from Kabbalah, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Neon Genesis Evangelion gained widespread critical acclaim. Regarded as a critique and deconstruction of the genre, the series has become a cultural icon and influenced an artistic. Shinji witnesses the United Nations forces battling an Angel, one of a race of giant monstrous beings whose awakening was foretold by the Dead Sea Scrolls. NERV officer Misato Katsuragi escorts Shinji into the NERV complex beneath the city, without training, Shinji is quickly overwhelmed in the battle, causing the Evangelion to go berserk and savagely kill the Angel on its own. Following hospitalization, Shinji moves in with Misato and begins settling into life in Tokyo-3, in his second battle, Shinji destroys an Angel but runs away after the battle, distraught. Misato confronts Shinji and he decides to remain a pilot, Evangelion Unit-00 is repaired and Shinji tries to befriend its pilot, a mysterious, and socially isolated teenage girl named Rei Ayanami. With Reis help, Shinji defeats another Angel, the pilot of Evangelion Unit-02, teenage girl Asuka Langley Soryu, moves in with Misato and Shinji and joins her fellow pilots in defeating the next Angels. Shinjis schoolfriend Toji Suzuhara is selected for Unit-03, but during his first test synchronization with the Evangelion, Shinji is devastated and quits piloting the Evangelion, but is forced to return to destroy an Angel that has defeated both Asuka and Rei. Asuka loses her self-confidence following her defeat, and spirals into a deep depression and this is worsened by her next fight, against an Angel which attacks her mind. In the next battle, Rei self-destructs Unit-00 and dies to save Shinjis life, Misato and Shinji later visit the hospital where they find Rei alive but claiming she is the third Rei. Misato forces Ritsuko to reveal the secrets of NERV, the Evangelion graveyard. Asuka is reduced to a state by her depression. Kaworu, who initially befriends Shinji, is revealed to be the final Angel, Kaworu fights Shinji, then realizes that he must die if humanity is to thrive and asks Shinji to kill him. Despite his initial hesitation, Shinji kills Kaworu, soon after this act, NERV and SEELE trigger the forced evolution of humanity, termed the Human Instrumentality Project, in which the souls of all mankind are merged into one through Rei
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Ichigo Kurosaki
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Ichigo Kurosaki is a fictional character in the Bleach manga series and its adaptations created by Tite Kubo. The protagonist of the series, Ichigo receives Soul Reaper powers as a result of a run-in with Rukia Kuchiki, the Soul Reaper assigned to patrol his city and his character has been well received among both readers and reviewers. Ichigo is often featured in Weekly Shōnen Jump character popularity polls and he was consistently ranked as one of the most popular characters in Bleach. The 2007 Japanese Newtype magazine polls ranked Ichigo as one of the top 100 most-loved anime characters, reviewers of the series have praised his personality, though some consider him to be a stereotypical anti-hero. Merchandise based on Ichigos likeness has been released, including toys, clothing, in the animated adaptations of Bleach, Ichigo is voiced by Masakazu Morita in Japanese. In the English adaptations, he is voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch, in the live-action film, he will be played by Sota Fukushi. When drawing the series, Kubo commented that Rukia Kuchiki. Through subsequent development of the series, however, Kubo decided to make her a valued ally, initial design sketches show Ichigo wearing glasses, and having dark hair and softer eyes. When designing Rukia, however, Kubo modified Ichigos appearance to contrast with hers, giving Ichigo orange hair, a trademark scowl, during the series first chapter, Ichigos wristwatch was based on one Kubo himself wore at the time. In later chapters, his wristwatch was based on Naoto Fukasawas W11K cellphone, according to Kubo, Ichigo, along with Orihime Inoue, are the most arduous characters to sketch. While illustrating one of Ichigos scenes, Kubo found it awkward to draw him with a cheerful smile, Kubo has stated that Ichigos greatest strength is his considerate and thoughtful nature, he always thinks about others needs. However, he noted it as his greatest weakness, since worrying about his friends tends to put him in danger. When asked in an interview if he had any plans to focus on the triangle between Ichigo, Orihime, and Rukia, Kubo chose neither to confirm nor deny it as he didnt want to focus on romance. Kubo likens Ichigos popularity among readers because he looks cool and he also mentioned that as people read more about him they will discover that he is a warm and kind-hearted person. Following over fifty volumes of the released, Kubo believes that Ichigo was the most developed character. He said that Ichigo leads the story and introduces readers to the events in it, when the Arrancar arc ended, Kubo rebooted the series which resulted in Ichigo losing his Soul Reaper powers. In the same way Ichigo became a Soul Reaper during the series first chapter, Ichigo is voiced by Masakazu Morita in the Japanese anime, while as a child he is voiced by Yuki Matsuoka. Morita said that Ichigo was one of his characters he ever played alongside Tidus from Final Fantasy X
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Shinigami
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Shinigami are gods or supernatural spirits that invite humans toward death, and can be seen to be present or interpreted to be present in certain aspects of Japanese religion and culture. In Buddhism, there is the Mara that is concerned with death, the Mrtyu-mara. It is a demon that makes humans want to die, and it is said that upon being possessed by it, in a shock, one should want to commit suicide. Also, in the Yogacarabhumi-sastra, a writing on Yogacara, it was a demon that decided the time of peoples deaths, Yama, the king of the Underworld, as well as oni like the Ox-Head and Horse-Face are also considered a type of shinigami. In Shinto and Japanese mythology, Izanami gave humans death, so Izanami is sometimes seen as a shinigami, however, Izanami and Yama are also thought to be different from the death gods in western mythology. Some forms of Buddhism do not involve believing in any deities, even though the kijin and onryō of Japanese Buddhist faith have taken humans lives, there is the opinion that there is no death god that merely leads people into the world of the dead. Other than that, in Kyōhō5, in a performance of The Love Suicides at Amijima, there was the expression, in the classical literature of the Edo period, shinigami that would possess humans are mentioned. These are, rather than gods, more like yūki, or evil spirits, Shinigami are also spoken about in folk religion after the war. In the Hamamatsu area, Shizuoka Prefecture, a shinigami would possess people and lead them to mountains, seas, and railroads where people have died. Also, once one has visited the grave in sunset, it would be necessary to visit the grave also during sunrise, and doing only one would result in being possessed by a shinigami. After the war, the notion of a death god entered Japan, and shinigami started to become mentioned as an existence with a human nature. More recently, shinigami are a prominent feature of the manga serial, ankou Death Category, Shinigami in fiction 大藤時彦 他
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Death (personification)
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Death, also known as the Grim Reaper, is a common element in culture and history. As a personified force it has been imagined in many different ways, in some mythologies, the Grim Reaper causes the victims death by coming to collect him. In turn, people in some stories try to hold on to life by avoiding Deaths visit, in many mythologies, Death is personified in male form, while in others, Death is perceived as female. Mot was personified to Canaanites as a god of death and he was considered a son of the king of the gods, El. His contest with the storm god Baʿal forms part of the myth cycle discovered in the 1920s in the ruins of Ugarit, lacunae obscure some of the details, but Mot apparently consumes Baʿal before being split open and mutilated by that gods sister, the warrior Anat. After a time, both gods are restored and resume battle before the sun goddess Shapash prompts a truce by warning Mot that, if forced to, El would intervene on Baʿals behalf. The Phoenicians also worshipped death under the name Mot and a version of Mot later became Maweth, Ancient Greece found Death to be inevitable, and therefore, he is not represented as purely evil. He is often portrayed as a bearded and winged man, but has also portrayed as a young boy. Death, or Thanatos, is the counterpart of life, death being represented as male and he is the twin brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep. He is typically shown with his brother and is represented as being just and his job is to escort the dead to the underworld, Hades. He then hands the dead over to Charon, who mans the boat that carries them over the river Styx, which separates the land of the living from the land of the dead. It was believed if the ferryman did not receive some sort of payment. Thanatos sisters, the Keres, were the spirits of violent death and they were associated with deaths from battle, disease, accident, and murder. The sisters were portrayed as evil, often feeding on the blood of the body after the soul had been escorted to Hades and they had fangs and talons, and would be dressed in bloody garments. Breton folklore shows us a spectral figure portending death, the Ankou, the Ankou drives a deathly wagon or cart with a creaking axle. The cart or wagon is piled high with corpses and a stop at a cabin means instant death for those inside. In Ireland there was a known as a dullahan, whose head would be tucked under his or her arm, and the head was said to have large eyes. The dullahan would ride a horse or a carriage pulled by black horses, and stop at the house of someone about to die, and call their name
